Early state handling assistance for efficient rrc state change

Abstract

A UE receives configuration of early state handling assistance information and determines whether early state handling assistance should be reported in a request for a connection to a network. The UE requests the connection to the network, performing one of the following: reporting the early state handling assistance from the network using RRC message(s); or not reporting the early state handling assistance from the network, by the UE using RRC message(s) without an indication of early state handling assistance. A base station transmits the configuration, receives the RRC message(s), and determines whether the message(s) include reporting of the early state handling assistance. The base station performs one of the following: for the RRC message(s) including reporting of early state handling assistance, performing RRC reconfigurations with early state handling processing; or for the RRC message(s) without reporting of early state handling assistance, performing RRC reconfigurations without the early state handling processing.